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Title: which 3/8 tap for full flow?
Post by: ridenrace6 on October 10, 2016, 18:09:49 pm
can someone steer me in the right direction as to which one of these taps i need to tap the "normal" full flow location, i believe it's 3/8 but they have several different types listed

https://www.fastenal.com/products/cutting-tools-metalworking/threading-and-tapping/taps/pipe-taps?r=~|categoryl1:%22601071%20Cutting%20Tools%209and%20Metalworking%22|~%20~|categoryl2:%22601102%20Threading%20and%20Tapping%22|~%20~|categoryl3:%22612644%20Taps%22|~%20~|categoryl4:%22601106%20Pipe%20Taps%22|~%20~|sattr01:^3/8%22$|~


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Title: Re: which 3/8 tap for full flow?
Post by: Dougy Dee on October 10, 2016, 19:15:20 pm
3/8 NPT


Title: which 3/8 tap for full flow?
Post by: ridenrace6 on October 11, 2016, 02:31:05 am
3/8 NPT
yea i know it's 3/8 pipe thread but i didn't know there were that many different types of pipe taps, fastenal has 14 choices for a 3/8 pipe tap.

fastenal list tapered, straight, dry sealing, and tapered plug as options in the drop down menus?????


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Title: Re: which 3/8 tap for full flow?
Post by: Erlend / bug66 on October 11, 2016, 08:01:18 am
NPT is a tapered size.

3/8-18 NPT would be the right tap I believe